1635. Winning by surprise
Darth Malthael returned to the hangar platform of a Knight-class Star Destroyer, and a ground crew composed of B-1 combat droids immediately came over to refuel his Red Comet, replenish energy, and replace capacitors.
At this time, the commander of a blue-painted B-1 combat robot came over and said, "Sir, those cryogenic humans were severely depleted in the battle, and we need to replenish them."
"Cryogenic human?" Darth Malthael was stunned by this strange title.
"Sir, those low-temperature human processors are too low-level and cannot execute the buffer program when attacked. When the battleship vibrates, it hits the console and cannot get up." The B-1 robot commander said.
"Inform the planet command and send more B-1 robots up." Darth Malthael said.
"RogerRoger!" The B-1 robot commander gave a funny-looking military salute.
Darth Malthael no longer paid attention to these B-1 combat robots who had learned new terms for some reason. He went straight to the bridge of the battleship and connected the communication with Commander Volgograd Canidi. .
"Your Excellency the Grand Duke." Volgograd-Kanidi said straight to the point: "According to the current situation, we cannot defend the Annaji galaxy... We don't know how many battleships the Galactic Republic has, but if we follow the Lundili Star System According to what the little girl from the power company said, the number will not be less than 300 ships."
"In other words, less than half of their troops are here now?" Darth Malthael said in a cold tone, "There are about 110 warships here now. Counting those destroyed and captured by us, There are almost 150 ships.”
"This is just an optimistic estimate. I don't think that as a competitor, Kuat Dynamics Shipyard will let the representatives of Lendili Star Dynamics see their full background." Volgograd-Kanidi said, "And ours There are only 80 main battleships. Even if more than 300 small battleships are added, they will not be able to withstand an offensive like the Galactic Republic."
The number of kilometer-class battleships that the Galactic Republic can send is comparable to its own frigates... Darth Malthael looked grim.
The gap in productivity between the two sides is indeed huge.
Before the war began in the Principality of Dawn, there were about 150 to 200 main battleships. The main battleships at that time were basically Cole-class battlecruisers and Higra-class battlecruisers, and even the number of Martha-class guided missile heavy cruisers was not large. After several fierce battles with the Galactic Republic, this fleet suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Terminus and basically lost its ability to actively attack.
At that time, the Supreme Military Command of the Fourth Civilization, including Darth Malthael, had begun to formulate plans to use the planet Terminus, a transportation hub in the outer ring, as a base to confront the Galactic Republic. However, due to a strange combination of circumstances, Severance Tann accidentally found the Blade Fleet when she led the Titan battleship Plague and was hunted down by almost the entire Galactic Republic.
Then they snatched 178 of the Blade Fleet's total 200 Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers, and used this as the core to reorganize a wave of offensive that was completely unexpected by the Galactic Republic. Finally occupying the planet Eriadu and firmly occupying the most important transportation hub in the middle of the galaxy, the strategic space of the fourth civilization is extremely vast.
In the next nine months or so (one year and ten months in the "Star Wars" world), the Fourth Civilization quietly completed the replacement of naval warships.
In cooperation with corporate giants such as the Interstellar Banking Association and the Trade Federation, as well as the help of the Salarian people, the Behemoth-class battlecruiser, Catastrophe-class battlecruiser, Hell's Angel-class battlecruiser, and Doomsday Arena-class battlecruiser Waiting for a series of new warships to be developed one after another.
Then these new warships also formed effective combat effectiveness. In these 9 months, the Dawn Principality obtained about 120 ships. Except for the small number of new warships defended in the Yago-Dur system, other It's all here.
You must know that the production of these warships also deducts those retained by the corporate giants themselves and delivered to the Fourth Group for use in the northern border war.
The number of battles - adding these up, the total production of new warships can be close to 300 ships.
Compared with before the war, the industrial level of the Dawn Principality can be said to have improved rapidly. Moreover, if the Lundili trade channel can be opened in the future and the population and industrial capacity of the Lundili planet can be absorbed, the industrial development of the Dawn Principality will have a long period of dividends.
But even so, facing the industrial production capacity of the Galactic Republic, it is still a drop in the bucket.
"Your Majesty the Grand Duke, we must consider the worst case scenario." Volgograd-Kanidi said.
"Tell me about your plan." Darth Malthael asked directly.
"If we let the two sides compete for fleet strength like this, we will definitely lose. Even with your power, we can only contain a small number of the opponent's warships. I believe that when the number of warships in the Republic's fleet exceeds 200, They're going to attack, an attack that's unstoppable," Canidi said.
"Why 200 ships?"
"With 200 capital ships, they can divide the fleet into three, and each direction can ensure that they are evenly matched with all our defensive fleets." Canidy said, "Actually, I think they rely on this weird hyperspace The jumping method is to continuously escape from hyperspace in different directions. The original intention is to form a direct encirclement and then launch attacks in all directions..."
He looked at Darth Malthael with a hint of fear in his eyes, "But because of your powerful power, their plan was thwarted. So they will only assemble the fleet in one direction and then divide their forces. Attack. Although this will put less pressure on our dispersed defense, their strength is still substantial."
"Since you can't fight head-on, how can you win by surprise?" Darth Malthael asked.
"I don't have a commanding genius like General Severance Tann, and I can't win by surprise in such a situation where both sides are almost clear-cut." Volgograd Canidi shook his head and sighed, "But I do There is a plan to disperse the forces of the Galactic Republic."
"explain."
"Give them more combat targets." Canidi said, "They have come from afar, and what they urgently need most is to occupy a planet as a base for advancement. Planet Annaji is the best choice... Now the residents of the planet are By continuously evacuating towards the suburbs, we can deliberately expose loopholes and allow the Galactic Republic to land on the planet..."
His voice became smaller and smaller, and finally he murmured: "I just hope that after the victory, you will not forget the contribution of the people of the Model Sector..."
